Town of Tewksbury annual report 1956-1962, Part 15

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1502


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154


Librarian


129


Library Trustees


63


Marriages


56


Moth Department, Report of


58


Planning Board, Report of


66


Playground Commission, Report of


79


Police Department, Report of


72


Public Welfare Board, Report of


63


Registrars of Voters, Report of 57


Road Commissioners (Highway Department), Report of 80


Salary Schedule 83


S-39


Schools


S-1


Age-Grade Distribution


S-4


Age of Admission


S-5


Art Program, Report of


S-23 S-2


Calendar


Employees' Roster


S-33


Guidance Director, Report of


S-26


Foster, Ella Flemings and Town Hall Schools Principal


S-22


High School Principal, Report of


S-13


Household Arts Department, Report of


S-28


Junior High School Principal, Report of


S-22


Music Department, Instrumental, Report of


S-29


Music Department, Vocal, Elementary, Report of


S-27


Music Department, Vocal, Secondary, Report of


S-30


North Street School, Report of Principal


S-16


No School Signals


S-2


Physical Education, Report of Supervisor


S-24


School Census


S-2


School-Grade Distribution


S-4


School Committee, Report of


S-5


School Nurse, Report of


S-31


Shawsheen School Principal, Report of


S-18


Superintendent, Report of


S-11


Selectmen, Report of


131


Town Collector, Report of


158


Town Counsel, Report of


128


Town Clerk, Report of


57


Town Meeting, Annual


9


Town Officers, List of


3


Treasurer, Report of


77


Treasurer's Receipts


133


Tree Department


58


Trust Funds


149


Vital Statistics


56


Warrant, Annual Town Meeting 1956


9


Warrant, Annual Town Meeting 1957


81


Warrant, Special Town Meeting, January 11, 1956


6


Warrant, Special Town Meeting April 11, 1956


38


Warrant, Special Town Meeting May 15, 1956


41


Warrant, Special Town Meeting September 12, 1956


47


Warrant, Special Town Meeting December 12, 1956


53


Water Commissioners, Report of 77


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1957


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THE VILLAGE PRINT SHOP, TEWKSBURY


Town of Tewksbury


TOWN OFFICERS - 1957 (Date indicates expiration of term )


Assessors


Edward J. Sullivan (1960)


Austin F. French, Chairman (1959)


Ethel M. Phillips (1958)


Auditor


Thomas J. Berube (1958)


Board of Health


Victor N. Cluff (1960)


Thomas A. Abbott, Chairman (1959) Joseph J. Whelan (1958)


Board of Public Welfare


Victor N. Cluff (1960) Thomas A. Abbott, Chairman (1959)


John D. Sullivan (1959)


Joseph J. Whelan (1958) George A. O'Connell (1958)


Board of Selectmen


Victor N. Cluff, Chairman (1960) John H. Hart (1959)


John D. Sullivan (1959)


Joseph J. Whelan (1958) George A. O'Connell (1958)


Moderator Park Commissioners


Alfred N. Shamas (1958)


Francis P. Sherlock, Chairman (1960) Leslie Collins (1959) Phaida J. Roux (1958)


Planning Board


Roger F. Lafreniere (1961) Jerome A. Carpenter (1960)


Thomas P. Sawyer, Chairman (1960)


William B. Carter, Ch. (1959) resigned Robert W. Lacey, appointed John J. Cooney (1958)


Road Commissioners


Chester M. Roper, Chairman (1960) George R. Gray (1959) Thomas F. Sullivan (1958)


School Committee


James A. Johnson (1960) Francis X. Kelley, Chairman (1959) Loella F. Dewing (1958)


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Town Clerk


Alice A. Pike (1960)


Town Collector


Treasurer


Tree Warden


Trust Fund


Commissioners


Frederick M. Carter (1959) Edwin W. Osterman (1958)


Trustees Public Library


Dorothy Fitzgerald (1960) Harold J. Patten (1960) Marian E. French (1959)


Harry Priestly (1959) Harold H. Sloan, Chairman (1958) Edgar Smith (1958)


Water Commissioners


Eben A. Prescott (1960) Charles R. Carter, Chairman (1959) John J. Cooney (1958)


Animal Inspector Appeals Board


APPOINTMENTS


Gardner G. Hague


John J. Cooney (1959) resigned J. Robert Lacy, appointed (1959) Phaida J. Roux (1958) resigned Jeremiah F. Murphy, Jr., appt. (1958) Dana F. Perkins (1957) resigned Richard P. Morris, Ch., appt. (1960) Edgar G. Hinton, Assoc. Member resigned Daniel Walker, Assoc. Member resigned Robert Flucker (1958) Assoc. Member


Appraisers


Victor N. Cluff John H. Hart George A. O'Connell John D. Sullivan Joseph J. Whelan


Earl R. Sands


Ralph W. Peters


Ralph W. Peters


John H. Hart, Chairman Joseph C. Lombardi George A. McDermott


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Attendance Officer Building Inspector Sanitary Inspector Civil Defense Committee


Louis H. Amiot (1960) William J. O'Neill (1960)


Walter R. Doucette (1960) Roy G. Lanner (1960)


Constables


Dog Officer Fence Viewers


Finance Committee


Fire Chief and Forest Fire Warden


Health Agent Highway Superintendent


Industrial Commissioners


Phillip D. Bradanick Walter Jop John F. Sullivan


Leslie Collins


Victor N. Cluff


John H. Hart


George A. O'Connell


John D. Sullivan


Joseph J. Whelan


Lenox S. Karner, Jr. (1960)


Ralph Josselyn, Chairman (1960) Eugene Hilkert (1960) resigned George A. Byam appointed


Henry E. Wells (1960)


Stanley W. McCausland (1959)


Arthur W. Wells, Jr. (1959)


Anstein Myhr (1959)


O. Rex Read (1959)


Edward M. Martin (1958)


Anthony F. Anderson (1958)


Howard R. Collins (1958)


Allen C. Wilson (1958)


Anthony Obdens, resigned William A. Chandler, appointed


Jose M. Ruisanchez, M. D.


Richard J. O'Neill


Edward B. Stevens (1962) Raymond P. Bates (1962) John A. Morrissey (1962) Frederick M. Carter (1961) John A. Quinn, Jr. (1961) George McDermott (1961)


John J. Belton, Chairman (1960) John H. Hart (1960) Maurice Condrey (1959)


Allan C. Osterman (1959)


John K. Eaton (1959) Alfred R. Bachmann (1958)


Raymond A. Webb (1958) John J. Nolan (1958)


Librarian


Abbie M. Dempsey


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Measurer of Wood and Lumber


George R. Collins


Moth Suppression Agent


Walter R. Doucette


Police Chief


John F. Sullivan


Public Welfare Agent


John J. Kelley


Registrars of Voters


George J. McCoy (1960) Herbert A. Fairbrother, Chairman (1959) William H. Bennett (1958) Alice A. Pike, Clerk, ex-officio


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Frank J. Sullivan, Jr.


Slaughtering Inspector


John J. Gray


Supt. of Schools


Dr. Everett G. Thistle


Town Hall Custodian


George R. Collins


Undertaker and Agent for Burial Indigent Soldiers


H. Louis Farmer, Jr., Reg. Embalmer


Veterans' Agent


John K. Eaton


Water Supt.


Charles F. Kent


Weighers


George McFadyen Coleman A. McFarlane


Wire Inspectors


Herbert G. Carlson James W. Midgeley


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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND ACTION THEREON


Middlesex ss.


To any of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury, in said County.


Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are . hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury on Wednesday, March 6, 1957 at 7:30 o'clock P. M., to act on the following articles, except Article 1, and you are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, who are qualified to vote on elections and town affairs therein, to assemble subsequently and meet in town meeting at the polling places in said Town of Tewksbury, on Wednesday, March 13, 1957, at 10:00 A.M. then and there to act on the following Article 1.


The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at ten o'clock A.M. and to be closed at 8:00 P.M.


Town Hall, Tewksbury, Mass.


March 6, 1957.


Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7:30 by Alice A. Pike, Town Clerk. In the absence of the Moderator James J. Gaffney, Jr., nominations were taken and acted upon for a Moderator pro tem and resulted in the election of Alfred N. Shamas. Mr. Shamas was sworn by the Clerk and proceeded with the meeting. The Moderator was assisted in the lower hall by John F. Gleason as assistant Moderator. Following prayer offered by Rev. Donald E. Hickman the assembly stood a moment in silence in memory of the late Everett H. King.


The tellers, Joseph A. Aubut, John J. Kelley, Gilbert E. French and Gordon L. Jackson were duly sworn.


Reading of the articles by the Moderator was waived.


ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot one Selectman for three years, one member for Board of Health for three years, one member of Bd of Public Welfare for three years, one member for Board of Public Welfare for two years, one Assessor for three years, one member of School Committee for three years,


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one Water Commissioner for three years, two Trustees for the Public Library for three years, one Road Commissioner for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, one Trust Fund Commissioner for three years, one Moderator for one year, one member of the Planning Board for five years and one member of the Planning Board for three years, one Town Clerk for three years, one Treasurer for three years, one Tax Collector for three years and one Tree Warden for three years, and to vote yes or no on the following question: "Shall sections 69C to 69F inclusive of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, providing for the establishment of a Board of Public Works exercising the powers of certain other departments and town officers be accepted?" All on the same ballot.


Voted to adopt.


ART. 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the various town officers. Voted to adopt.


ART. 3. To fix the salary of the Building Inspector and the several elective officers of the Town and determine whether such salaries shall be retroactive to Jan. 1st. (Refer to Salary Schedule ).


Voted that all salaries be retroactive to Jan. Ist as follows:


Assessors (2)


$2,000.00 ea.


Assessor - Clerk


3,300.00


Auditor


1,800.00


Building Inspector


4,500.00


Board of Health (2)


150.00 ea.


Chairman


200.00


Board of Welfare (4)


300.00 ea.


Chairman


300.00


Board of Selectmen (4) Chairman


400.00


Collector


3,500.00


Moderator


100.00


Road Commissioners (2) Chairman


200.00


Town Clerk


3,000.00


plus sporting and dog license fee


Tree Warden


4,160.00


or $80 per week


Treasurer


2,000.00


Water Commissioners (2)


100.00 ea.


Chairman


200.00


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ยท


350.00 ea.


100.00 ea.


ART. 4. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, from available funds or otherwise, for its necessary and expedient purposes hereinafter designated, and determine that the same be expended only for such purposes under the direction of the respective officers, boards and committees as follows: (Refer to budget ).


Voted to adopt this article as outlined in budget.


Moderator - Salary


100.00


Finance Committee - Expense


300.00


Selectman - Salaries and Wages


4,550.00


Expense


600.00


Auditor - Salary and Wages


2,580.00


Expense


140.00


Treasurer _ Salary and Wages


3,000.00


Expense


572.00


Capital Outlay


549.50


Collector - Salary and Wages Expense


1,500.00


Assessors . Salaries and Wages


7,300.00


Expense


919.00


Capital Outlay


225.00


Legal Expenses


600.00


Town Clerk - Salary and Wages


3,500.00


Expense


327.50


Capital Outlay


309.40


Elections and Registrations:


Registrars - Salaries


1,700.00


Registrars - Operating


71.00


Election Officers


750.00


Planning Board


Salaries and Wages


350.00


Expenses


2,100.00


Capital Outlay


80.00


Town Hall - Salaries and Wages


3,380.00


Expenses


4,500.00


Protection of Persons and Property:


Police Department:


Salaries and Wages


46,494.00


Expenses


6,125.00


Capital Outlay


2,230.00


Fire Department:


Salaries and Wages


39,000.00


Expenses


7,200.00


Capital Outlay


5,000.00


7,700.00


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Building Inspector:


Salaries and Wages


4,500.00


Expenses 1,000.00


Capital Outlay


196.00


Board of Appeals:


Salaries and Wages


200.00


Expenses


105.00


Capital Outlay


100.00


Sealers of Weights and Measures:


Salaries and Wages


300.00


Expenses


25.00


Moth Control:


Salaries and Wages


2,500.00


Dutch Elm Control:


Salaries and Wages


1,760.00


Capital Outlay


270.00


Tree Warden:


Salaries and Wages


3,564.00


Expenses


1,848.00


Dog Officer:


Salaries and Wages


600.00


Expenses


400.00


Civil Defense:


Salaries and Wages


750.00


Expenses


250.00


Capital Outlay


2,000.00


Health and Sanitation:


Board of Health:


Salaries (3)


500.00


Expenses


10,075.00


Dental Clinics:


Expenses


100.00


Salaries


2,800.00


Inspector of Animals: Salaries


200.00


Physician - Salary


300.00


Slaughtering Inspector - Salary


1,000.00


Sanitation:


Sanitary Inspector - Salary


2,425.00


Rubbish and Garbage


19,300.00


Highways:


Salaries and Wages


14,700.00


Expenses


18,430.00


($10,000.00 earmarked for snow removal)


Chap. 81. Voted to raise and appropriate $12,150.00 and transfer $22,275.00 from available funds pending receipt of State and County share for a total of $34,425.00.


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Chap. 90 Construction. Voted to raise and appropriate $6,250.00 and transfer $18,750.00 from available funds pending receipt of State and County share for a total of $25,000.00.


Chap. 90 Maintenance. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,300.00 and transfer $2,600.00 from available funds pending receipt of State and County share, a total of $3,900.00.


Highway Machinery Fund. Voted to raise $7,756.14 and add to the present balance of $7,243.86.


Highway Machinery Account. Voted to transfer $11,000.00 from Highway Machinery Fund.


Capital Outlay. Voted to transfer $4,000.00 from Highway Machinery Fund.


Street Lighting 15,000.00


Charities:


Welfare Dept. - Salaries and Wages 8,338.30


Expenses 104,602.70


Veteran's Services


550.00


Expenses


7,153.00


Capital Outlay


15.00


Schools:


General - Salaries and Wages


526,655.12


Expenses 168,959.60


Capital Outlay 12,000.00


Out of State Travel


500.00


Vocational Schools


6,000.00


Stadium . Salaries and Wages Expenses


225.00


1,100.00


Capital Outlay


1,000.00


Recreation:


Parks - Salaries and Wages


300.00


Expenses


200.00


Libraries:


Salaries and Wages. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,300.00 and transfer $300.00 from dog license fees. Expenses. Voted to transfer $1,610.00 from dog license fees. Capital Outlay. Voted to transfer $40.00 from dog license fees.


Water Department:


Salaries and Wages


18,744.00


Expenses 14,900.00


Out of State Travel 100.00


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Maturing Debt and Interest:


Maturing Debt


146,000.00


Interest - Maturing Debt


69,436.00


Interest - Temp. Loans


400.00


Blanket Insurance


7,000.00


Memorial Day


500.00


Cemeteries


800.00


Stationery and Printing


3,500.00


ART. 5. To determine what sum the Town will authorize and direct the Assessors to take from available funds to reduce the tax levy for the current year, or take any other action relative thereto.


Voted to indefinitely postpone.


ART. 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from Overlay Reserve for a reserve fund, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 40, Sec. 6.


Voted to raise and appropriate $20,000.00.


ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval. of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be- ginning January 1, 1957, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, of the General Laws.


Voted to adopt. Unanimous vote.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to institute suits on behalf of the Town or defend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town, and to sign any contracts or agreements in behalf of the Town.


Voted to adopt.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Treasurer to foreclose, either through the land court or by affidavit of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, any tax title held by the Town for more than two years, and see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate therefor.


Voted to raise and appropriate $300.00.


ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting


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such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town at least fourteen days before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.


Voted to adopt.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs for the ensuing year to aid in support of the Public Library. Voted to adopt.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to ratify and confirm the emergency action taken by the Board of Selectmen in authorizing the trade-in of the wrecked cruiser for a new one, or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen Voted to adopt.


ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,900.00 for the purpose of the foregoing article. Board of Selectmen


Voted to adopt.


ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 in support of the trustees for County aid to Agriculture, to be expended by 4 H Club Agent, Home Demon- stration Agent and Club Leader in conjunction with the Extension Service Board of Selectmen Voted to adopt.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be added to the Water Department Maintenance Account for the purpose of snow removal from hydrants, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen and Water Department Voted to indefinitely postpone.


ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to replace trees which were removed by the Tree Warden in the area of the Town Hall and Town Common, or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen Voted to adopt.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to change its voting precincts as recommended by the Board of Selectmen in a statement filed with the Town Clerk as provided by Chapter 54, Sec. 7 of the General Laws, and which statement contains the following recommenda-


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tion: "The Board of Selectmen recommends that Precinct 1 be further divided by creating a new Precinct 3 in that area located north of the Boston and Maine double railroad tracks."


Board of Selectmen


Voted to indefinitely postpone.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $131.25 to settle the claim of Joseph Pongonis for personal injury and property damage as the result of a collision on or about February 11, 1956 on Main Street, Tewksbury, Mass. with a police cruiser operated by Cyril A. Gordon, or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen


Voted to adopt.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 for legal expenses connected with the revocation and subsequent denial of a kennel license to Robert Walker d/b/a Robgil Dog Kennels and to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to institute such legal action as may be necessary to enforce such revocation or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen


Voted to adopt.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for legal expenses to defend the action of Andrew J. Kilpatrick for breach of contract to install water, entered in the Lowell District Court January 12, 1957, or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen


Voted to indefinitely postpone.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following Plumbing By-Law in accordance with Chapter 142, Section 13 of the General Laws, as amended, prescribing regulations for the materials, construction, alteration and inspection of all pipes, tanks, faucets, valves and other fixtures by, and through which water or sewage is used and carried. Board of Health


PLUMBING RULES AND REGULATIONS


Section 1. After acceptance of the following plumbing regulations, all persons who desire to engage in, carry on or work at the business of plumbing within this jurisdiction shall be registered or licensed by the State Examiners of Plumbers, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 142, General Laws.


Every plumber before commencing work in a building, shall first, except in the case of the repair of leaks, file at the office of the Board


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of Health, upon blanks provided for that purpose, a notice of the work to be performed ; and no such work shall be done in any building except in accordance with plans, to be submitted, if required, which shall be approved by the inspector of plumbing and a permit issued therefore. Permits to perform plumbing shall be issued to licensed plumbers only. Permits may be recalled if the conditions are violated.


SEWAGE DISPOSAL


Section 2. The plumbing of each building shall have an inde- pendent connection to a public sanitary sewer outside of building, unless in the opinion of the Board of Health a separate connection is not feasible. If a public sanitary sewer is not available, the sewage shall be discharged into a cesspool or into a septic tank with an overflow into a cesspool or into a subsurface distribution system, the plans of which must be approved by the Board of Health before the connection is made.


DRAINAGE SYSTEM


Section 3. Drain and connecting ventilation pipes, vents and back air pipes shall be of sufficient size, and made of extra heavy cast iron pipe coated with hot tar or asphaltum if underground, and if above ground shall be made of extra heavy cast iron pipe, cast iron screw pipe, or of not less than iron size brass of copper pipe (or of copper tubing type K or L, with sweat type fittings) within the building. Galvanized or plain cast iron fittings and galvanized pipe may be used on vents only. Connections between screw pipe and fittings shall be made with pipe and fittings of the same material, where practicable. Recessed fittings shall be used on drainage pipes and connections between such fittings and pipes shall be made with sharp tapered threads, and an approved pipe joint compound. No slip joints, unions, or flanges shall be used on the threaded wastes or vents except that slip joints may be used on inlet side of trap to connect fixtures. Where other than hub and spigot pipe is connected to cast iron hubs the joint shall be made by means of a caulking sleeve.


Threaded pipes shall be either cast red metal or seamless iron size brass or copper pipe, size and weight corresponding with pipe to be connected. Cleanouts, plugs, stoppers or any other fittings used in drainage system shall correspond in weight and material with above description.


Drain pipes above ground shall be secured by irons to walls, suspended from floor beams by strong iron hangers, or supported on brick piers at points sufficiently close to keep them in alignment and carry the weight of pipe and contents. Proper manholes shall be sup- plied to reach cleanouts and traps. Every drain pipes shall have a fall of not less than one-quarter inch per foot, and shall be extended from a point five feet outside the inside face of the wall unobstructed, unless special permission has been granted by the Board of Health for the use


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of a running trap at the entrance to building, to and through the roof, undiminished in size, and to a height of not less than two feet above the roof and not less than one foot above the top of any window or opening within fifteen feet, and not less than eight feet above the roof if the roof is used for a garden or similar purpose. The drain pipe shall be supplied with a Y branch fitted with a brass cover cleanout or with an iron stopper if required, on the direct run, at or near the point where the drain leaves the building. Changes in direction shall be made with long angle and long sweep bends, and all connections with horizontal or vertical pipes shall be made with Y branches. Soil and waste pipes shall have the proper TY or Y branches for all fixture connections. Saddle hubs or double hubs shall not be used. All drain pipes shall be exposed to sight within the building, if such exposure is practicable, and shall not be subjected to pressure where they pass through the wall. All joints in hub and spigot cast iron pipe shall be made with oakum and molten lead, run full and caulked gas and water tight, and no cement joints nor connections between iron and cement or tile pipe or brick drains shall be made within any building.


Soil and Waste Pipes Shall Not Have Less Than The Following Diameters:


Minimum branch waste. 11/2 inches


Minimum branch waste for urinals. 2 inches


Branch waste for sinks. 11/2 inches


Branch waste for wash trays. 11/2 inches


Main waste. 2 inches


Main waste for sinks, five floors or more. 3


inches


Soil pipe (except as provided in section 7) 4


inches


Branch waste for sink and tray combination 2 inches


Slop sink waste. 3 inches


Minimum branch waste for sinks equipped


with grease traps. 2 inches


STEAM EXHAUSTS


No steam or vapor or water of a temperature over one hundred and thirty degrees Fahrenheit shall be discharged from any premises into a sewer, drain or catch basin, nor shall any matter or thing be discharged into any sewer which may tend to cause obstruction of the sewer, or a nuisance or deposit therein or an injury thereto.


All pressure steam boilers connected to the drain shall be con- nected with a blowoff tank of a capacity not less than thirty percent of the largest boiler connected with such tank. The location of and the connections to said blow-off tank shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Health.




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